The story behind this song
He was under the table the day the youngest learned to walk, catching the falls when the kitchen floor won. He heard every secret whispered into his fur and never told a soul. Three sizes of sneakers piled up by his bed, and he walked each kid to the edge of the yard, sat through the heartbreaks and the bad report cards, thumped his tail twice when the front door swung — his whole sermon: somebody's home.
Then Mom called on a Tuesday and didn't have to say it. For the grown kids standing in the yard where he ran his rounds, crying like the children he raised — carrying the dog who raised them.
Lyrics
She didn't have to say it
We all just knew
Catching me soft when the kitchen floor won
You heard every secret I told into your fur
Things I never told anyone — you never told no one
You smelled like rain and old tennis balls
And you slept at the bottom of the stairs, guarding us all
You just grew gray
Every scraped knee found its way to you
You turned a house full of kids into a pack
Stood your post and never once stepped back
Whoever taught you all that love, we never knew
But we were raised by Mom, by Dad — and you
You walked each one of us to the edge of the yard
Sat through the heartbreaks, the bad report cards
Thumped your tail twice when the front door swung
That was your whole sermon: somebody's home
Nobody in this family ever came home alone
You kept the porch light company
Every scraped knee found its way to you
You turned a house full of kids into a pack
Stood your post and never once stepped back
Whoever taught you all that love, we never knew
But we were raised by Mom, by Dad — and you
Grown-ups crying like the kids you found
And Mom says the house feels twice as wide
Dad just keeps looking at the spot by his side
Four legs, no words, and the best of us by a mile
You turned a house full of kids into a pack
And a pack remembers — we'll carry you on our backs
Whatever good is in us, some of it's you
We were raised by Mom, by Dad — and you
Your shift is done
The kids turned out fine
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